Methods, media, and systems are disclosed for adding new users to a channel in a group-based communication system. The system receives a request to add new users to a channel. The system adds a new user by classifying the new user's email address domain as internal or external. If the domain is internal, the first user is added to the channel as a member, and if the domain is external, the user is prompted for a type of access for the new user. If the new user's access type is guest, the new user is added to the channel as a guest. If the type of access is shared, the channel is shared with an organization associated with the domain, and the new user is added as a member of the channel that has been shared.

A computer-implemented system and related method address malfunctioning peers in a blockchain, the method comprising receiving endorsement results from peers in the blockchain, where the endorsement results are for one or more transactions in the blockchain. The endorsement results include successful and failed endorsements. The method further comprises distributing the successful and failed endorsements to two or more endorsement collectors, determining which peers are successful endorsement peers (SEPs) that provided successful endorsements, and which peers are failed endorsement peers (FEPs) that provided failed endorsements. A reputation score is calculated for each peer based on endorsement information from the endorsement collectors. The reputation score is then sent to at least one of a client and a system administrator. This reputation score is then used to determine peer selection in a subsequent transaction.

The present disclosure reduces occurrence of resource shortage and processing delay. A setting unit sets a group including one or more edge computers, a determination unit determines one of the edge computers included in the group as a representative of the group, and a transmission unit transmits an instruction related to control of an IoT device to the representative edge computer.

Best links for wireless clients may be provided. A computing device may receive, from a client device, a request to join a network. Then, in response to receiving the request to join the network, initial characteristics of the client device may be evaluated. Next, an initial plurality of links list may be provided to the client device in response to evaluating the initial characteristics of the client device. Subsequent characteristics of the client device may then be evaluated. An updated plurality of links list may be provided to the client device in response to evaluating the subsequent characteristics of the client device.

One or more embodiments of this specification provide methods and apparatuses for transmitting messages. A method includes: registering, based on a registration request sent by each blockchain node in a blockchain relay communication network, a blockchain node to a blockchain node set indicated by the registration request; determining, in response to receiving a blockchain message to be sent to a target blockchain node set, a target blockchain node registered to the target blockchain node set and a target relay node in the blockchain relay communication network; and transmitting the blockchain message to the target blockchain node through the target relay node.

An Internet of Things (IoT) network includes an IoT device with a communicator to send a communication including egress frame, protocol library builder to determine available protocols, frame analyzer to analyze an ingress frame, and frame builder to build the egress frame from the ingress frame. An IoT network includes an IoT device with network discoverer to identify available parallel communication channels between the IoT device and target device, payload, payload fragmenter/packager to fragment the payload into sub-objects for transmission, and packet communicator to send sub-objects to the target device over parallel communication channels. An IoT network includes a plurality of IoT devices, which each include a communication channel to an upstream device, a network link to another one of the plurality of IoT devices, a hash calculator to identify a neighbor IoT device, and a communicator to send out a message to the neighbor IoT device.

An information processing apparatus provides a sharing service of enabling information to be shared by one or more terminal apparatuses, the information processing apparatus being capable of communicating with the one or more terminal apparatuses, and the one or more terminal apparatuses being associated with a group; receives first identification information from each of the one or more terminal apparatuses; and associates the first identification information with the sharing service. When having associated the first identification information with the sharing service, the information processing apparatus associates, with the group, the one or more terminal apparatuses having received the first identification information from outside and having transmitted the first identification information; and provides the sharing service of enabling information to be shared by the one or more terminal apparatuses that are associated with the group.

A synthetic peer-managed content delivery network self-organizes for the purpose of accessing one content item or a limited number of content items. A node joins the network at an identified attachment zone by requesting connections with existing nodes associated with the zone. Connected nodes become peers. The node may attempt to achieve a maximum number of peer connections, including upstream peers one hop closer to a root node, midstream peers the same distance from the root node, and downstream nodes one hop further from the root node. The content item is shared (in pieces or components if necessary) from a given peer to its midstream and downstream peers. Each node regularly informs its peers of its status regarding the content item and, to help organize the network, indicates whether its connected peers are able to accept a new peer connection.

A trusted communications environment includes a primary participant with a group creator and a distributed ledger, and a secondary participant with communication credentials. An Internet of Things (IoT) network includes a trusted execution environment with a chain history for a blockchain, a root-of-trust for chaining, and a root-of-trust for archives. An IoT network includes an IoT device with a communication system, an onboarding tool, a device discoverer, a trust builder, a shared domain creator, and a shared resource directory. An IoT network includes an IoT device with a communication system, a policy decision engine, a policy repository, a policy enforcement engine, and a peer monitor. An IoT network includes an IoT device with a host environment and a trusted reliability engine to apply a failover action if the host environment fails. An IoT network includes an IoT server including secure booter/measurer, trust anchor, authenticator, key manager, and key generator.

An Internet of Things (IoT) network includes an orchestrator to issue service management requests, a service coordinator to identify components to participate in the service, and a component to perform a network service element. An IoT network includes an IoT device with service enumerator, contract enumerator, and join contract function. An IoT network apparatus includes permissions guide drafter for discovered peers, and permissions guide action executor. An IoT network apparatus includes floating service permissions guide drafter for discovered hosts, host hardware selector, floating service permissions guide executor, and service wallet value transferor. An IoT network apparatus includes permissions guide drafter for first and second discovered peers, parameter weight calculator, permissions guide term generator, and permissions guide action executor. An IoT network includes an IoT device with resource hardware component identifier, processor to process a received indication of an external module hardware requirement, an external module comparer, and deactivation signal transmitter.